<p>I am now very desperate. The colleges I applied to all rejected me for financial causes. I was not smart enough to choose my safeties properly and I am heading of to a non-competitive college this fall(2007) as a presidential scholar. I am seeking to transfer after the first semester.</p>
<p>I wanted to ask whether the college I attend now will have a huge factor in the admission process for transfer students. I mean whether a 4.0 gpa from a top tier college would carry more weight than a 4.0 gpa from say a non-competitive college.</p>
<p>My SAT's are as follows:
CR-700
Maths-650
Writing-640</p>
<p>My SAT2's are
MAThs level 2-800
Physics-800
Chemistry-760</p>
<p>I have had a ton of EC's at high school and I gradated within the top 5 percentile of my class.</p>
<p>I am eager to transfer to an top tier school that gives financial assistance to INTERNATIONAL students. Does the college I attend now affect the decision process in any way. Could you help me as to what I should do to impress the adcoms? Should I retake the SAT reasoning again, or will that not matter for transfer students?Also could some one give me a list of colleges that provide financial aid to transfer students who are internationals....
Any suggestions or tips should be helpful.</p>
<p>transferring is not an easy game. but if you so feel that you will be happier in a better institution, do give a try by applying. since you do not have a choice but to go to the one that accepted you, don't worry too much about what you could have done if you were in some other place. work hard there and see what you can come up with. in the meantime give a chance to your current school too and see if you like it and would like to continue. who knows what your opinion will be after a year? but about transferring i think it is more about your luck and determination.. all i can say is that it is worth giving a try if you feel so...</p>
<p>International transfer students, who need financial aid, have very few universities to apply to and those students are arguably in the toughest applicant pool.</p>
<p>The decision and process to transfer a college is not easy and being an international student makes it more difficult. The application process should be repeated once again--applications, essays, recommendations from the professors, the adviser, and the dean, standardized tests if you want to improve your scores, and while doing so, you have to focus on your college courses and GPA as well.</p>
<p>The Eight</a> Steps Guide to Transferring from the Princeton Review is a good description of the tranfer process and important things to consider while transferring colleges.</p>
<p>International transfer financial aid is offered by a very few colleges and the funding is limited. Harvard University's admission policy is need blind to all students; they do not even limit international enrollment. Harvard's</a> Transfer Applicant Information can be useful to your knowledge of what they expect in this respect.</p>
<p>Admission with financial aid to any college as an international transfer is highly competitive. The following colleges may offer few generous financial aid awards to international students applying as a transfer.</p>
<p>Harvard University<br>
Yale University
MIT<br>
Middlebury College
Amherst College<br>
Grinnell College
Reed College<br>
St. Lawrence University
Dartmouth College<br>
Oberlin College
Colgate University<br>
Franklin and Marshall College
Macalester College<br>
Gettysburg College
Stanford University<br>
Berea College
Smith College (women)<br>
Mount Holyoke College (women)
Occidental College<br>
University of Pennsylvania
Colby College
Trinity College</p>
<p>is it better that I stay back, raise my SATs upto the 1500s(out of 1600s), apply ED(considering Tufts,Columbia Fu Foundation) and try to get into there. If I do not get into ED1 I can apply to easier toptier colleges where I would be sure to get in. I know I can easily get a 2200+(and surely 1500+ out of 1600) on the SAT and get into a top notch school. </p>
<p>However, I have to cope up with the loss of another year. That makes it a total of 2 years, as I graduated in september of 2006. I have all my relatives to face and the sheer boredom after applying. Plus I will not have any of my friends left as they will be off the the US this fall to attend the same college I have been accepted to...since my freinds will all be near me, the transferring process might also be easier and so will coping with the US social system(atleast there are several people you know)</p>
<p>Could you give me some advice whether I should stay back another year and apply again as a freshman. Or go to the college, work hard on my essays, recos, SATs and college(I am sure I can get a 4.0 gpa if not 3.8+). I am very much determined to get into a top tier college the next fall whilst transferring.</p>
<p>Also can I apply as a freshman while still studying in the US???
Please help me out. I am desperate.</p>
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I know I can easily get a 2200+(and surely 1500+ out of 1600) on the SAT and get into a top notch school.
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A general miss conception....
Although SAT helps, but it can not be taken as the real point after a certain level, and that too in a top notch school...</p>
<p>I believe that only the SATs let me down this year. I have all others,graduated in the top 5% of class, have tons of ECs and glowing recos....So especially for int students SAT are the only factor(or the main factor) the admission commitee looks at before enrolling or denying the candidate(that's my view)</p>
<p>No you cannot. And your view about the SATs being the only or the main factor that adcoms look at is dead wrong. I won't argue it, you're just wrong.</p>
<p>It would help if we knew exactly where you were rejected, and where you're going - generalities aren't as useful.</p>
<p>1 of 42 is correct. I can guarantee you that staying at home and working hard to get 1500s or 2300s on the SAT is not going to be your ticket into a place like Tufts or Fu. Take a gap year if you want. At some point take the SAT again. Do something unique with your time to make it a growing experience and an opportunity for self-development. Then reapply. However, you might want to have an English teacher or counselor look at your application. Maybe your personal statement was sub-optimal. Financial aid for transfers is extremely limited.</p>
<p>hehe...i know the SAT aren't that important but are a cruicial factor for my dream colleges like Tufts and Columbia SEAS. I will work hard on other factors as well. </p>
<p>about the freshman thing...what if I take fewer credits than those require for transfers...will I qualify as a freshman or will i still have to apply as a transfer...</p>
<p>With less than 24 credits you qualify as a freshman at many colleges, but others will consider you a transfer applicant once you have earned at least 12 credits (one semester with the minimum course load deemed full-time). It won't look good on your "transfer" application if you take only that few classes. In fact, colleges might wonder if you are able to deal with the amount of work assigned by their institutions...</p>
<p>Schools don't really care whether you've been a freshman or not, especially if you're international. It's only Cornell, I think, that has a strong policy against that. If you SATs were taken before you enrolled in university, then you're probably fine. The thing is, as long as your high are strong enough to get you into that college, then you're fine. I know students from my country who gave up sophomore year at home to study in the Ivies. Most of the time, colleges understand the constraints, and all the other issues involved in international applications.
Applying as a freshman is usually recommended over applying as a transfer student. Most colleges won't recognize first year or first semester work from a foreign university and will prefer you apply as a transfer.</p>